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Northshore Schools Foundation
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Foundation Grants $80,100 for Education!
More than 9,000 students in the Northshore School District will benefit from thousands of dollars being awarded to their schools and classrooms by the Northshore Schools Foundation. President Sherry Krainick presented a check for $80,100 to School Board President Julia Lacey & Superintendent Larry Francois at the school board meeting September 11, 2012.
"These grant dollars will impact students 6 to 8 times during their school careers. Overall, we estimate that every Northshore student comes into contact with a person, program or piece of equipment funded by the Foundation an average of twelve times in their career," Dalziel said during the presentation. The $80,100 funds were granted after a district wide granting process which identified District needs that aligned with Foundation funding initiatives of Literacy; Advanced and Disadvantaged Learners; Teacher Excellence; Science, Technology, Engineering; and Enhancement Programming. Funds from the grant will be directed to these key projects over the next school year: - Career & College Readiness
- National Board Teacher Certification
- Community Schools
- Advanced Math Education
- Healthy Youth and McKinney Vento students
Eighteen thousand dollars of this grant are going directly to classroom teachers who have embarked on enhancing their lesson plans to innovatively incorporate new teaching strategies and projects while ensuring that students meet required benchmarks for learning. Find out more about classroom grants here.
Funds were raised during the 2011/12 school year through numerous programs presented by the Foundation including the Phone-a-thon, The Pour for Northshore, Light A Fire for Learning Luncheon, Retired NSD Staff Brunch, Milk Money community change drive, designated workplace giving and several other partnership events. Parents, families and businesses have all made charitable contributions in support of our Northshore students providing access to the resources they need to pursue academic success and excellence in their school years and beyond.
"The Foundation exists to mobilize and support our students by ensuring they get the education they deserve, our parents expect, and the workplace demands. We work to build partnerships between parents, community members and businesses that enhance the efforts of the district and that ultimately result in our students having opportunities for academic support so they will achieve excellence in their lives," said director Carmin Dalziel. See photos from the Fall Kick off event that followed the check presenation here! |
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Thank you to the more than
200 families
who have already told us that they are
All in for Kids!
The Foundation is now turning its attention to raising funds for Career and College readiness programs as the focus of our All in for Kids Campaign. This campaign, formerly known as the Calling for Kids Campaign, begins now and runs throughout the month of October, engaging parents and community members to invest in the value of an excellent public education.
Your All in for Kids donation will support district-wide efforts to ensure that all students:
- identify and develop skills to help them graduate career and college ready
- prepare to become productive citizens and leaders in their communities
- meet the economic needs of our community and the global economy
Thank you for making a donation today!
Beginning September 18th, student leaders from DECA, FBLA, Honor Society, Key Club and other organizations will begin calling families to ask them to be All in for Kids by making an annual fund contribution.
In general, we will be calling families in the Bothell feeder pattern September 18-20, Inglemoor feeder pattern October 1-3, and Woodinville feeder pattern October 9-11.
"As a marketing educator
,anytime I can have students participating in "live" marketing is a plus. The Northshore Schools Foundation phone campaign is an excellent way for students to learn and demonstrate great marketing and support a super cause. The phone campaign is an excellent way for my students to show leadership and pride in the school and district in which they attend. The funds that Inglemoor DECA earns when completing the phone campaign all go towards paying DECA travel and competition expenses." - Dennis Rockwood, Inglemoor DECA teacher
Make your donation by September 16th and you will not be called!
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Thank you to our Annual Title Sponsors!
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 The Pour for Northshore
September 29, 2012
5:00pm
Woodinville Wine Warehouse district
This premium, charity wine-tasting event and silent auction will feature a selection of well-rated wines from some of the finest Woodinville Wineries. A selection of delectable food bites will be paired with the wine & spirits by some of the area's best food purveyors.
Ticket price includes a glass!
A limited number of tickets are available.
Buy your ticket today!
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Featured Winery & Spirit Providers:
- Patterson Cellars
- Obelisco Estates
- Elevation Cellars
- Northwest Totem Cellars
- Barrage Cellars
- Sparkman Cellars
- Project V Distillery
- Piccola Cellars
Featured Tastes Providers:
- Russell's
- Purple Cafe & Wine Bar
- Alexa's Cafe
- Wellington Chocolates
- Bonefish Grill
- I Love Teriyaki
- Pen Thai
- La Petite Terroir
- Bothell High Culinary Arts
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 Puget Sound Energy Foundation partners with the Foundation and the PTSA to support emergency preparedness at Wellington, Eastridge and Sunrise Elementary schools
Thanks to the Puget Sound Energy Foundation, three Woodinville Elementary schools will have shelves for their new emergency containers, insuring that supplies stay accessible and useable longer. The grant written by the Northshore Schools Foundation, is a result of the Foundation's intention to partner with Northshore PTSA's and support student success by insuring that important safety requirements are met so students can focus on their studies.
The $2,500 from the PSE Foundation was included in the $80,100 granted on Tuesday to the school board.
"In our role as advocates for children's safety we are always mindful of the risk to students in the event of an earthquake or other emergency. We truly appreciate this grant from Puget Sound Energy Foundation, and our partnerships with the Northshore Schools Foundation and Northshore School District. By working together to be as prepared as possible we can ensure student safety in our schools," said Northshore Council PTSA Chairperson Janice Kutzera.
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We are a member of PTA! Are you?
This school year, as a part of our mission to build partnerships, the Northshore Schools Foundation joined all 30 Northshore PTA/ PTSA entities!
This partnership will allow us to collaborate on volunteer opportunities and optimize efforts for the community to support student learning and success. Find out more about our PTSA here. |
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